Updated Agenda: Joint Legislative Oversight Committee Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/Substance Abuse Services

Greetings and Introductions 10:00 – 10:15
Senator Martin Nesbitt, Co-Chair
Representative Verla Insko, Co-Chair


Reports from LMEs 10:15 – 11:00
Daniel Hahn, Executive Director, Alamance-Caswell-Rockingham LME
David Swann, Executive Director, Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare LME


State Facilities 11:00 – 11:45
a. Update on State Psychiatric Hospitals
Michael Lancaster, MD, Co-Director, Division of MH/DD/SAS, DHHS

b. Suspension of Medicaid Benefits for Incarcerated Recipients and Recipients in
Institutions for Mental Diseases
William Lawrence, Jr., MD, Acting Director, Div. of Medical Assistance, DHHS


Services in the Community
a. Update on Community Support Services 11:45 – 12:00
William Lawrence, Jr., MD, Acting Director, Div. of Medical Assistance, DHHS


Lunch 12:00 – 1:00


Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Services 1:00 – 1:30
Leza Wainwright, Co-Director, Division of MH/DD/SAS, DHHS


Substance Abuse Services: Comprehensive Area Service Providers 1:30 – 2:00
Flo Stein, Chief of Community Policy Management, Division of MH/DD/SAS, DHHS
Trish Hussey, Executive Director, Freedom House Recovery Center



Public Comment Period 2:00 – 3:00


Adjourn 3:00